Qa Team Lead
Resume:
Vas Donbosco
GTA
Ontario
Canada
**********@**********.***
Canadian Citizen
British Citizen
Summary
Experienced in working for Venterra.com, Royal Bank of Canada, Move.com, BC Ministry of Children and Family Development
Over 18 years of professional expertise in the software testing arena
Expertise in Mobile Apps Testing
Off shore QA team Coordination
QA Team Management
ISEB Intermediate Certified
One year in Automation Testing using Selenium ( 2009 -2010)
Two years in Java programming.
My expertise in technical testing has been honed by rich exposure to a variety of projects and the capability to assimilate business logic. My strengths include excellent communication and interpersonal skills with strong work ethics and a will to succeed.
First Class Bachelors Degree in Mechanical & Production Engineering
ISEB Intermediate in Testing (British Computer Society)
CISI Foundation (Introduction to Investment)
HP QuickTest 9.0 Product Specialist ( 2007)
Professional Scrum master ( 2022)
QA Specific Experience
Mobile Apps testing - More than 3 years
QA Test planning & Logging - More than 15 years
QA Team Lead - More than 7 years
Agile methodology - More than 5 years
Detailed Specification Reviews - More than 15 years
SME & QA Co ordination - More than 10 years
Managing QA for Change Requests - More than 15 years
QA Management of Live Issues with SLA’s - More than 15 years
RAG Status & Daily Progress Reports - More than 15 years
Defect Handling Process - More than 15 years
Go Live \ Post Implementation Testing ( PIT) - More than 15 years
Grey box Testing (RDBMS) - More than 15 years
Agile methodology - More than 5 years
Mobile Testing ( Browser stack & other emulators) - More than 2 years
Automation Testing - 1 year
Employment Summary
Date
Company Name
Title
2019 November – 2023 March
Venterra.com
QA Analyst
2018 July - 2019 April
Client : Royal Bank of Canada
Team Lead Quality Engineering
2017 September - 2017 November
Client : Move.com
Quality Assurance Analyst
2016 November - 2017 May
Avocette, Vancouver
Client : Workbc.ca
Client: BC Ministry of Children and Family Development
Quality Assurance Analyst
2016 August – September
Kaza Consulting, Canada
Client : PHSA ( provincial health services authority)
Quality Assurance Analyst
2013 February -2016 March
Client :Transport for London
Senior Test Analyst
Role : Team Lead
2011 November - 2012 November
Client : Transport for London
Senior Test Analyst
Role : Team Lead
2011 September- 2011 November
Client : Net-a-porter.com
Senior Test Analyst
Role : Team Lead
2010 June – 2011 June
Client :Transport for London
Senior Test Analyst
Role : Team Lead
2009 March – 2010 April
EnergyHelpline.com
Role : Team Lead
2008 Jan – Feb 2009
Fish4 ltd
QA Manager
2006 Aug – Dec 2007
Yellow Pages Ltd
QA Team Lead
2005 Jun – July 2006
Ardentia Ltd
QA Team Lead
2003 Dec – May 2005
British Telecom Ltd
QA Consultant
2002 Jan – Nov 2003
UBICS Ltd
Technical Tester
2001 Jun – Dec 2001
Travelstore Ltd
Java Programmer
2000 Jun – May 2001
Viryanet Ltd
Java Programmer
Work Experience
Venterra.com
Title: Quality Analyst ( Permanent role)
Duration: 2019 November – March 2023
Project : Encasa, Smarthub, Pocket Encasa
Venterra is a $4.7 billion Real Estate Company with 600 Employees and 40,000 residents. Venterra specializes in the identification, development, finance, acquisition, and management of multi-family residential communities in the southern United States.
Encasa is the Software engine that provides Venterra with the ability to manage the apartment communities. Smarthub is the Mobile app available in the Apple store for residents to have a seamless experience of renting and living in their apartments.
Testing of the Smarthub Apps in Apple store and Android store
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/venterra-realty-smarthub/id1549302197
TeamCity Continuous deployment experience with Jira / Confluence
QA of PocketEncasa mobile apps for employees
QA of Twilio integration with PocketEncasa
QA of SmartRent integration with Encasa and PocketEncasa
Expertise in Real Estate software management process
Close interaction during QA with Developers to meet monthly release cycles
Client : Royal Bank of Canada ( www.rbc.com)
Title: Team Lead Quality Engineering ( Consultant)
Duration: 2018 July - 2019 April
Project : Defined contribution pension plan ( DCPP)
RBC’s Defined contribution pension plan helps companies to provide a streamlined experience for their Employees in managing the contribution for pension plans they are enrolled in. The book keepers for the DCPP pension plan are www.Buck.com
Data from Book keepers were transferred to RBC systems through API requests / response & flat files.
Coordination with QA Offshore team
Coordinating the End to End testing between RBC systems & Buck.com
Agile Process : Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint review, Sprint retrospective
Responsible for QA environment deployments using IBM UCD code deploy
Co ordinating the Data preparation for testing the End to End system
Creating RBC Bank profile for customers using Sales Platform
Attaching RBC Bank account & Bank cards using Sales Platform
Defect review meeting with developers to review the list of defects and its impact
Daily progress report during the Test Execution phase with RAG status
API testing of data sent by Buck using Postman and SoapUI
Tracing the data in the Mainframe IBM DB2 using File Aid
Client : www.Move.com, www.Realtor.com
Title: Quality Assurance Analyst
Duration: 2017 September - 2017 November
Move.com provides Realtors with the ultimate CRM experience using the 8i Product suite. This helps the realtors to convert leads, assign action plans to prospective leads, Create Websites for getting lead information, Unique webpages with security for customers, integration with gmail and outlook, Sending Market Snapshots, receive leads from various sources and integrate them into 8i.
Agile Process : Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint review, Sprint retrospective
End to End Testing of the Real Estate 8i Product Suite
Regression Testing for SQL server upgrade project
Defect review meeting with developers to review the list of defects and its impact
Daily progress report during the Test Execution phase with RAG status
Production issues investigation and resolution process
API testing for Market Snapshot using latitude and longitude
Client : BC Ministry of Children and Family Development ( Adoption Management System)
Client : www.workbc.ca
Title: Quality Assurance Analyst
Duration: 2016 November - 2017 May
BC Ministry of Children and Family Development’s Adoptions Management system (AMS) integrates Siebel ICM maintained by Deloitte with Avocette’s AMS suite. This handles the Adoptions and Fostering process for children in BC and provides a comprehensive set of tools to manage and track a wide range of adoption agency activities, including registration, matching and placement.
Agile Process : Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint review, Sprint retrospective
Reviewed the requirements document for the upgrade of Adoptions Management System
Developed Test Plan for upgrade Adoptions Management System (AMS) highlighting the risks and mitigation
Developed Test Cases and Data required during the Test execution phase of the project
End to End testing of data from Siebel ICM to AMS
Defect review meeting with developers to review the list of defects and its impact
Daily progress report during the Test Execution phase with RAG status
Microsoft test manager was used for Test cases and execution
www.WorkBC.ca is the provincial government's access point to the world of work in British Columbia. It was created with one key goal – to help all British Columbians to successfully navigate B.C.’s labour market.
WorkBC helps people find jobs, explore career options and improve their skills. We also help employers fill jobs, find the right talent and grow their businesses.
Agile Process : Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint review, Sprint retrospective
Involved in User Acceptance Testing ( UAT) for Workbc.ca data upgrade project
Responsible for analysing the Requirements document and its interpretation by the vendor fcvinteractive.com
Co-ordinating with client and vendor during the defect management process and extracts of data from cansim tables
Used Jira for defect tracking
Regression Testing of workbc.ca
Mobile testing of website on Browserstack emulators
Client : Provincial health services authority, BC, Canada www.PHSA.CA
Title: Quality Assurance Analyst
Duration: 2016 August - September
Provincial Health Services Authority of Canada has Work brain and Peoplesoft software’s to manage their HR Department with 18,000 employees and a budget of 2.78 billion Canadian dollars.
Developed Test Plans for Leave Management Project segments
Understanding Union agreements and their implementation on leave management Project.
Developed High level and detailed Test Cases for segments
Responsible for Testing the Interface between Peoplesoft and Work brain
Reviewed System Requirements documents for Leave Management Project
Attended Defect review meeting to discuss Priority and Severity of defects outstanding and engaging stakeholders on the go live discussion
Daily Progress Reports to Test team manager with RAG status
Created detailed Documentation for the Team using Snagit, Powerpoints to highlight the end to end process between Peoplesoft and WorkBrain and the QA approach to get 100% coverage based on Requirements documents
Defect review meeting to discuss Priority and Severity of defects outstanding
Client : London Underground (LU), United Kingdom www.tfl.gov.uk
Title: Senior Test Analyst
Role: QA Team lead
Duration: 2013 February -2016 March
Client : London Underground (LU), United Kingdom www.tfl.gov.uk
Title: Senior Test Analyst
Role: QA Team lead
Duration: 2010 June – 2011 June
2011 November – 2012 November
London Underground is part of TFL and is responsible every year for transporting 1,065 million passengers over 69 million train kilometres equivalent to 90 trips to the moon and back.
Involved in EIRF upgrade project using MetaStorm BPM for incident reporting EIRF is the Electronic Incident Recording Forms based on Metastorm BPM. This is interfaced with SAP employee system & Intranet Heartbeat System. EIRF Software customizing is done with server side VB Script.
Agile Process : Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint review, Sprint retrospective
Team size is 3
Developed Test Plans for Change Requests (CR) given by Business
Developed all Test cases & Test steps in Rational Manual Tester
Responsible for System Testing of EIRF after deployment
Responsible for Integration Testing of EIRF (including SAP interface)
Daily Progress Reports to Test team manager with RAG status
Defect review meeting to discuss Priority and Severity of defects outstanding and engaging stakeholders on the go live discussion.
Involvement with Subject matter experts ( Business Analysts) during UAT
Detailed defect documentation with snapshots and screen capture videos in Rational Clear Quest with evaluated decision on severity and priority.
Involved in co ordinating with automation team to run automated regression suites using Rational Functional Tester
Involved in Trackernet real time tracking system Project in regression testing.
Remedy tool for external ticket tracking
Mortimer Spinks Ltd
Client : Net a Porter, United Kingdom
http://www.net-a-porter.com/
Title: Senior Test Analyst
Role: QA Team lead
Duration: 2011 September – 2011 November
The Net-A-Porter Group Limited is the world's premier online luxury fashion retailer. Since launching in June 2000, NET-A-PORTER has successfully established itself as a luxury brand, with impeccable packaging and unrivalled customer care.
Agile Process : Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint review, Sprint retrospective
Involved in Order management system testing
Agile methodology ( scrum meetings, sprint, retrospectives, review, product backlog)
Team size is two
Skill Synopsis
Test Plans, Defect review, QA Process Management, Test Team Management, Functional & Non Functional Testing, Documentation, UAT
JIRA, MongoDB,Robot Framework, Selenium, Remedy, Mercury Test Director 8, 9, Mercury Quality Center 8.2, HP Quick test pro, Elementool bug tracking system, IBM Rational Functional Tester
Winrunner 8.2 ( GUI map, TSL)
SQL server, Analysis manager, Apache tomcat server, Putty
Technical authoring, Training
Evaluation experience of QA wizard, Load runner, Bugzilla bug tracker, Mantis ticket tracker
Java, J2EE, JSP, Servlets, BEA Weblogic, OOP concepts, Apache tomcat, HTML
JavaScript, XML, Oracle, UNIX
Education
Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical and Production with First Class. (1993- 1997) ANM University, India.
Interests: Mountain Trekking, Fusion Cooking, Travelling, History, Archaeology
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